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'Appenin'i observa as 'ow I was bang outside the Police Court an' thinkin' as ow a little bit of old time might be rOS freshin,' in I goes. Nice Police Court you are got, too. Nice
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Russians' Remarkable Dash Through Icy River.
For the Festive Season,
Deo. 20, 2.45 s.m.
A Petrograd official announcement states that there has bean no
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with eaps of jara nn' things tohinge along the whole front on the left bank of the Vistula and in spit io. An Buch a top-ole Galicia.
Fighting continues on the bank of the Pilica.
Carpathians, to regiments crossed the rivor Jasiolks up to their Daring the development of our offensive on the spurs of the. walets ia icy water and under a murderous fire, aut
the bayonet and captured 154 prisoners,
We dislodged the Austrians from their positions at the point of
Fighting between the lower Vistala and the Pilica is less des. perate except in the region adjacent to the Pilios, where there is violent fighting day and night.
perate character. We took sixty-sight officere and four thousand Fighting with the Austrians on the lower Nida is of the an na des- men prisonera on Thursday. the Russian arms.
Fighting along the whole front in Galios is favourable to
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A COURT SCENE.
Coolle, Magistrato and Court Usher:
it;
to
carpit on the stairs. Well, op The Germans on the night of the 23rd inst., and all next day, I goes, takin' great care "o' thas delivered atwcks, chiedy in the region of Sochaczew nad Bolimaw, there carpit, an' comes to a kind all being repalsed. of bloomin' back garden sort o' place, all made o' this 'ere trellis work stuff. Ang'ow, seein' 'eape o'slops, in I 'ops. Nice big room it was, too, with 'eaps of soits su’ 'eaps of slops and Chinese an lots of lawyer blokes round a nice green table a-talkin' to a nice old gentle-
Another Capture of Prisoners by Russians. man a-sittin' up on the bench with other Chinees sittin' just under Blatos: Tuo general position on the left bank of the Vistula shows Renter'a correspondent at Petrograd reports that a communique
Dec, 26, 10.15 p.m. 'im a-talkin' some bloomin' jaw crno essential change. "other wot I couldn't get the 'ang!
of.
Beak 'e didn't believe them thers maet a lied fair woppin', an' if the Indians, wat I want to know is Whenever a bloke witness-box to do is "Swelp me got in the
*who did e think lied about that Gawd" and talk the truth (I don't
that there pass, and didn't believe poes? And if e didn't believe OS think) first the lawyer chap would
ow the defendant ad grabbed. ask 'im a question, then the Chinees bloke chip in ao' say
as 'ow 'e 'ad torn it and didn't somethin, then the chap in the
believe e ad flung it on to the box ad a go, then the Chines8
Germans In Difficulty All Round. (Official Telegrams from the French Government, via Peking.)
ground, that finished for all with this morning, despite the wrath chap 'e tells the Baak somethin,"
A coolie wore his hat in Court that there bloomin' pass, didn't bis contempt was likely then the lawyer chap says sa 'ow the Chinees bl ke as not said and destroyed some machine guns. At Zwartelen (East Ypres) that pass, and wot they did say be preferred to leave the Court In front of Combaortryde the Allies repulsed a German attack Muskett (as should be) said as 'ow to this disregard and ordered him it ? 'Cause no one called by Mr.provoke. Mr. Hazeland objected Deo. 20, what the witness bloke asid, and they captured a group of housea and repulsed the enemy's counter the Beak asid was all lies.
anything else ad 'appened about to remove it. Instead, however, so on, an' there's a ell of attack as far, as the south of the village. fn the Aisne region, the lot o' talkin." me to talk, bit what I aaya repulsa brilliantly several attacks and kept, north of Tracy-rad as 'ow they was going to him to comply with convention. It aint for Zaves, notwithstanding very sharp fire from German artillery, polica Court cases comes in. 'Aving Court usher's eye prevailed upon Now 'ere's where bein', 'ot on the door the fierce glint in the is, why don't they let these 'ere le Val, the German trenches captured on the 21st. All attacks 'ave another out at old Peter I
still wearing it. As he approached Chinese ran their own bloomin' on Police Court ?.
the position conquerad Well, anyhow, I got a sort of French troopa took 400 metres of German frenches re-to that there defendant chap and long as he takes it (the hat) off." by the French troops, failed. North of Mesnil-lea-Hurlas, the two days after. I'd got fair took him he can remain in Court so 22ad near Perthes, 'ops into that "there Court again too sovere on the man, said "Tell interested, an aving pleaty o paving one counter attack. The Germans tried to take the offensive I felt as 'ow I wanted to see eBefore the Bibernian asher could His Worship, not wishing to be time to see this 'ore Ongkong of in the region of Ville-sur-Tourbe, but were dispersed by our artillery. ad fair play. Well, ole Muskett explain, however, the coolie had yours, an' seein' as 'ow there was In Argonne we progressed about 100 metres in the Bade la Grarie. jumps up an announces 'e's made up his mind to put distance a very special kind o oase comin' The enemy was completely repulsed in Uonsensoye wood. In the forest going to make a 'orrible disclosure between himself and the per- on, 'cause 'eaps of Indian of Apremont (N.E. of St. Mihiel) the French artillery destroyed several by calling all sorts of ermy blokes suasive anatable, Tommies was there, an' Officer German trenches. The Germans were compelled to evacuate them. wot'll say wot the defendant said blokes, an' ladica so' all that, I In Woevre our artillery silenced several German batteries. I thought as 'ow I'd 'ang on a bit. dispersed, north-east of St. Die, several German columns, while Vary glad I did 'ang on, I am, French Infantry advanced 250 metres... 'cause I learned one or two things wot'll be very useful if ever I should get coppe l'out 'ere. Very
nice old gentleman on the Bench,
tell
you.
on the
the
Russians Capture Prisoners and Guas. Hyen (Official Telegrame from the British Foreign Office.) Russiaz Headquarters reports that the operations yesterday were
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to them. Firat e calls & officer with a big red band on 'is arm pass'e admitted to 'im as 'or 'e'ad wot says that when Peter came to 'im one day for another kind of
very angry. This was all very argint's and and as 'ow 'e was knooked that there pass out o' the excitin' like of course, except for
told all them lies. It fair 'it me in the wind when this officer ob ip extra additional orrible things wot the defendant 'ad said to 'im, steps down without sayin' some
Well, 'e didn't, 'cause the defend
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'e was, atıkin of my view of favourable to the Russians on all fronte. There were most conspicuous
quaintance of a more worldly- things all the time, until some success on the rivers Nida sad Dauajetz and in the Carpathians.
inclined national on the 8.8. Kin- thin appened wo: I'm goin' to Between the Lower Viatula and Pilion the Germans concentrate 1 their the fact that Peter. ad already shan. The parting, however, led A Chinese yokel made the so- Well, they 'nd some bloke there Skierniwice. Our counter-attacks drove back the enemy across bloomin' thing when 'e was in countryman that chaseren dollars efforts to creas the uzura and Rawka with a view to advancing on told the Beak exactly the same to pain, it being realised by the wot they charged with assaultin' the river to their old positions and inflicted enormous losses. the box, after them Indians 'ad he had saved after quite a period one o' these Indian argints and the region of Skierniwice alony, 1,000 dead Germana were counted.
of hard work had passed into his for being disorderly. (Lk ofs The Russians made progress in the region of Upoczno. Lo Galicia, times, saya I, a-'earin' of it.) Nice south of the Vistula, the Lussians captured, on the 20th and 21st, 66 bloke e was, this are ebap. officera, 3,600 man, 3 guna and 10 monine guns. "In the Carpathians
and at the Police Court, this Pater they called 'im, a great big during the retreat of the Austrians the Rassisna optared a further
morning, the celestial "Jarge" took sa interest in the matter, "friend's" pookes. Tue police obap as wanted to go somewhere 30 oticara and 1,500 men. down Awstralia way. Well, np.: gets some chap as seemed to do defeated. The advance guards of the enemy were annihilated. A did say when another Lawyer months and ordered exposure in Near Pizmysl a fresh attempt to sortie by the Austrians was sut didn't say 'em. But wat 'e worldly one sent to gual for six the jub wat ole Maskeit des at hospital train has been placed at the disposal of the military auth chap wot seemed to be in mourn the stocke for four weary houra, had the felicity of seeing the oma and tells the Beak all about orittea in Egypt through the generosity of the Egyptian Red Crescent it. Buin' a bit of at these ere Soisty, which contributed £1,000 to this end. A German aeroplane ing 'anded 'im out a few ques- polica court cases, shoved up was seen over Dover to-day, which dropped a bomb. The bomb defendan: did not say that o nice an' closs and eard all wot fell in a private garden and exploded, but did no damage. British ad wilfully or deliberately knock-around. Evidence bain' evidence,
tions nice an 'ot, was as 'ow the 'appened.
Well, this 'ere chap as would Russian destroyers in the Black Sea bombarded the coast and argint's 'and. A eargint major shing bein' fair, wot is it? Wat is aviators at once pursued the enemy, who disappeared in the foged that bloomin' pass out of the an facts bein fuota an' ovary" ave been Muskeit, e' says as 'ow villages south of Batoum, whers the Turkish troops were con- shap and another eargint onap it, I says again, without fear oWe beg to notify our Customers that Assorted Hampers suit- the defendant was out on a besno contrated. Four fally laden feludas ware anak, one afternoon in a motor oat with two other blokes an' some
Germans Christmas Eve Attack Repulsed by Franch,
said the same thing, de on the contradiction? ladies. (Sams to me as 'ow it
Dec. 20, 6.15 p.m.
defendant only said e ad knock A speakin' of 'ome, un' evid-following reduced prices Bauter's correspon-lent at Paris states that a communique coned the pass out of the aargint's ence bain evidence, I points out were only a drdinary, bsano, tains the following: There has been cannonsding from the sea to the and and was very angry. as 'ow in the same newspapers bottle
able for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the 'cause some o' the ladies abande Lys and soms fog interfered with the operation. We repulsed, ba-them's the facts an it don't take convicted this was there; but it ain't for me to tween the Lys and the Oise, counter-attok at Nalettes, Boiselles Lawyer to tell me wot's wat in there was a report that they do talk, as I never 'ad no dealin's and Libons. One trenon
Now it aint for me to talk, but wot printed that the Beak ad do with these e're affairs myself. ed. We learn that a very strong German a tack has been repulsed this 'ere case. Wos they wanted Uriminal Appeal Joure at 'ome 1, do
was lust, but it was
ore defendant, do Well, ole Muskett, o says as ow at Ouivy, north-east of Sapir, Our artillery in the region of for to 'ave another outst im when ad opset the conviction of a do the defendant winted to 'op past Perthes silenced batterier bombarding the trenches we recently both times, it aint for me to any el bloke called Ahlers, cause it do a Indian antry bloke without captarad. Two strong counter attacks were repulsed on Tauraday but prapa maybe as ow the law didn't follow from the evidence liphia a-showin' any pass wot 'e should night.
the facts was the very same blooming little ole German Con-do sint the same when an oficer ("evidence" is Wot. I particle the defendan, to 'avo à lo tell just wor's wot. Mr. Muskott very angry with that fargint and any ow
obap says the same as everybody remarke ou, that 'e were guilty. I bottle know before! It aint go at oma, Now if ole Feter 'ad been at 'ome But 'o said the defendant o 201 as should be, then said as 'ow 'e' whilet waggio "le auds about Well any of the ole gentleman evidence, an' if the evidence didn't do Ido lair mad an' grabbed that there fatebede ouse, is four chaps (they was all a-talkin' with their goes 'ome to think about what jug 'k'e wouldn't be jugged! 1 do blade would 'ave been tried on the do 2 do bloomin, phs from the pargint avin' stuck very 'ard to this 'ere 'unds for the most part) he knook-'e'll do about this new evidence O' course, that's at 'OME;; ma bloke, tore it right up, an' threw pass story, whilst a Lawyer chap ed that there pass out of the car wot weren't new, an then nex it on the road, an, aving got is wor'ad no flies on 'im gave 'em gist's 'andi. Sea the Beak to immornin' e gets up on 'is seat and in, so to speak, 'e then hit aice 'sudful o' puzzles to solve. at once the ole sargint a ell of a bang was a very smart chap, shat mean? Yes, accidentally, a jurymen, and ad
Accidentally do you saya as 'ow he 'ad been sittin' ag on is cheat. Says I, bein' as I there Lawyer, you could ear wotes the defendant and explains as fact that the defendant o the oficer chấp
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said, pretty 'ot stuff at these ere e said an every time 'e spoke 'e just 'ow. Well, two other chapa admitted to the found
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Police Court cases, this 'ere 0480 said something an' every time 'eau was in the car with Peter on an the two other argint looks a bloomin' cert for jug." said something 'o dida's 'ave to this 'ere beano ssid na 'ow wow chaps that e ed deliberately An' then 1 lonks at the defendant, poke is nose into a 'eap of writin' Peter ad said was wot really ap knocked that there pass out o aa then I wonders wot is tale like some of them, ane could pened, and then the Ladies ses the Indian sargint's 'and. Gawd will bp, 'cause I didn't believe as talk, 'e could. 'ow 'o'd be suob a mug, a
as ow all were true. Then there 'elp me the officer chap, and the
VISA OF PASSPORTS, We then ole Peter, the defend was only the ole gentleman to sargint major chap an the other American citizens intending to 1 do Well into that there box goes ant, e goes into the box, Very give ia verdict, wote does. See argint chap, all said as 'ow the travel in Italy, France and 1 Phial
Notice Is hereby given that all 2 do four of these erǝ Indian soldier nicechspPeter! Looked a straighte "I certainly do not believe any defendant did not say it was wil- French colonies, and Germany, chaps an saya wot 'ad "appened sort of toff wot wouldn't shake one of them there soldiers, ful or deliberate must possess: passports and all like a bloomin' bit o' poetry, and andereald an o they all awears very certain as mutton. Baid as one ad either it the sargint or ad on this, if the Beak didn't believe by the consular or diplom do
pennortho' didn't believe as 'ow the defendant Wet I ses is, and I'm quite of passports or the defendant a snatched the never grabbed that thero bloom- grabbed that bloomin pass or a word them Indiana said about atic representatives o
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also that Americans travelling to They all said eaps of of her things But wore did say, and this is going to say is very things, least t
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have passports properly vissed. GEORGE E ANDERSON
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